Comments on: Fanboys Are Crazy, Not Brand Loyalhttp://www.slashgear.com/fanboys-are-crazy-not-brand-loyal-0788642/
Feeding Your Gadget and Tech ObsessionsFri, 31 Oct 2014 23:36:00 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: Mark3http://www.slashgear.com/fanboys-are-crazy-not-brand-loyal-0788642/#comment-64141
Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:36:41 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=88642#comment-64141Like you, I don’t think it’s about endowment effects making you “feel like the things you own are superior to the things you do not.” But things we feel they say something about who we are, they seem superior to the things that just don’t match with our taste. For example, I don’t have an iPhone, in fact I never had. I just have a friend who owns one, and when I played with it, I liked it. So, now I can argue saying that the iPhone is the best smartphone out there… even when I don’t own one. To me, that’s because I think that the iPhone is the right phone for me. So, the fanboy is not just an obsessive, but also an egocentric. Because the Fanboy is obsessed about a brand, or a product that he thinks it’s the best. But, at the same time, he thinks that his own opinion is the best. That’s why you can’t prove him wrong. Because he thinks that if he says that some brand is the best, that brand must be the best.
]]>By: Philip Bernehttp://www.slashgear.com/fanboys-are-crazy-not-brand-loyal-0788642/#comment-63985
Tue, 08 Jun 2010 00:29:56 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=88642#comment-63985Isn’t Milgram a fascinating study? The evil it reveals in us is boundless. I don’t think it applies to fanboys, since I don’t think the object of their affection is an authority figure, per se. But it’s an interesting thought.
]]>By: Andrzej Lipskihttp://www.slashgear.com/fanboys-are-crazy-not-brand-loyal-0788642/#comment-63983
Mon, 07 Jun 2010 21:41:32 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=88642#comment-63983Every hear of the Milgram experiment? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment

Replace the authority figure with the Fanboys’ idol and they will continue to act as expects kicking and screaming about it the whole way. Anyone can be a jerk if you catch them at the right moment/perspective.

]]>By: UnderDochttp://www.slashgear.com/fanboys-are-crazy-not-brand-loyal-0788642/#comment-63979
Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:56:12 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=88642#comment-63979Thank you for pointing me to McRaney’s blog, a true pleasure to read!
]]>By: Philip Bernehttp://www.slashgear.com/fanboys-are-crazy-not-brand-loyal-0788642/#comment-63976
Mon, 07 Jun 2010 19:09:19 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=88642#comment-63976Anonymity is the big question here. Honestly, I was mostly addressing McRaney’s piece, which also skirted this issue, but I think my hypothesis still stands. Anonymity brings out the jerk in the best of us, but it doesn’t create jerks where none existed.
]]>By: Robert Wardhttp://www.slashgear.com/fanboys-are-crazy-not-brand-loyal-0788642/#comment-63973
Mon, 07 Jun 2010 18:20:15 +0000http://www.slashgear.com/?p=88642#comment-63973I agree with some of your article, but I also believe that you haven’t taken into account the intensifying factor of online anonymity and how often that perceived freedom can morph a debater into an arguer and an arguer into a troll.

Also, I remain unconvinced of the Tea Party’s reasonableness in part due to it’s apparent heavy corporate backing.